When did April the giraffe die?
April was euthanized Friday, April 2 in Harpursville. Animal Adventure s veterinary team said her body was taken to Cornell University Veterinary School for a necropsy and she will be cremated.
Her ashes will be returned to Animal Adventure Park.
The veterinary team said a recent set of radiographs, taken in March to evaluate April s condition, showed significant and progressing degeneration of the joints in her lower leg. The severity of her condition has been outpacing our ability to control April s comfort, the team said in a statement.
April the Giraffe: Precious member of our family
She always wanted to be a teacher, Kathy said, right from the beginning.
After graduating high school, Traci attended SUNY Broome Community College, followed by SUNY Cortland. She took a substitute teaching job in the Binghamton City School District, was hired the next day and stayed there for the rest of her career, teaching at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School.
In many ways, Kathy believes, the children Traci taught were much like her four nieces and nephews. She was deeply invested in their education and well-being.
During class, Traci sat on a rug with her students while she read to them, and at the school s annual Scholastic book fairs, she made arrangements to ensure each child left with a book, even if they didn t have the money to pay for it. She also invited her nieces and nephews to read to her class, and always sent them books and educational toys to use when they were young.
She always wanted to be a teacher, Kathy said, right from the beginning.
After graduating high school, Traci attended SUNY Broome Community College, followed by SUNY Cortland. She took a substitute teaching job in the Binghamton City School District, was hired the next day and stayed there for the rest of her career, teaching at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School and Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School.
In many ways, Kathy believes, the children Traci taught were much like her four nieces and nephews. She was deeply invested in their education and well-being.
During class, Traci sat on a rug with her students while she read to them, and at the school s annual Scholastic book fairs, she made arrangements to ensure each child left with a book, even if they didn t have the money to pay for it. She also invited her nieces and nephews to read to her class, and always sent them books and educational toys to use when they were young.
COVID-19 vaccination with fits and starts
The top administrator for a healthcare system that serves patients in a 12-county region in New York and Pennsylvania acknowledged that supply challenges result in a vaccination process with “fits and starts” but no patients will have appointments cancelled. Right now, the fundamental issue for us is the unpredictable nature of when we are going to receive those vaccine supplies, said Dr. Joseph Scopelliti, president and CEO of Guthrie, a non-profit integrated health system that includes Guthrie Corning Hospital in Steuben County. We do anticipate that on a weekly basis we get a resupply of vaccines, that is the way it has been working for the last five weeks.
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Many families across the Southern Tier have found themselves for the first time grappling with isolation, fear over the spread of COVID-19 and myriad pressures that have tested their mental health.
They ve found ways to cope some have used digital platforms to stay connected with loved ones, others have picked up new hobbies.
The Kriners did something else.
Three years after their youngest son s devastating diagnosis thrust the Town of Maine family into a world of infection prevention, social isolation and remote learning, the coronavirus outbreak in New York stirred painful memories.
For them, a different coping mechanism was needed; a more drastic, spontaneous one. It started as a joke, but became the experience of a lifetime.